Halifax Regional School Board
The Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB) is the public school board responsible for 137 elementary, junior high, and high schools located within the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. The current Superintendent of the HRSB is Carole Olsen, who has held the position since 2002. The board meets on Spectacle Lake Drive , Dartmouth
History
The board was created in 1996 with the amalgamation of three school boards that had jurisdiction over the former components of the Halifax Regional Municipality, which was created at the same time.[1] Board elections have taken place in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.
2006 board dismissal
On December 19, 2006 the Nova Scotia Minister of Education, Karen Casey, dismissed all 13 members of the board due to interpersonal conflicts and having failed to comply with the their Code of Ethics. The Minister stated, "This board has failed to meet the performance standards set out under Section 64 (6) of the Education Act. Sec. 64 states that a school board, in carrying out its responsibilities under this act, shall meet education program services and performance standards established by the minister."[2] Seven of the former Halifax Regional School Board members are considering legal action against the government for disbanding the elected group.[3]
Howard Windsor was appointed to run the board until the municipal elections took place in October 2008. Mr. Windsor decided to discontinue their yearly stipends of $8,200(CAD).[4]. Windsor was replaced by a nine member elected Board during regularly scheduled elections in 2008.
Personnel
Superintendents
- Don Trider (1996–1999)
- David Reid (1999–2002)
- Carole Olsen (2002–Present)
Current board members
Nine newly-elected members of the board took their oaths of office on November 5, 2008.[5]
- Irvine Carvery, African Nova Scotian Representative (Chair)
- Steve Brine, District 1: Eastern Shore – Musquodoboit Valley, Preston – Lawrencetown – Chezzetcook
- Gina Conrod, District 2: Cole Harbour, East Dartmouth - The Lakes, Portland – East Woodlawn
- Gin Yee, District 3: Dartmouth Centre, Woodside – Eastern Passage, Albro Lake – Harbourview (Vice-Chair)[6]
- Chris Poole, District 4: Clayton Park West, Halifax North End, Fairview – Clayton Park
- David Cameron, District 5: Halifax Downtown, Northwest Arm - South End, Connaught-Quinpool
- Sheryl Blumenthal-Harrison, District 6: Purcell’s Cove – Armdale, Spryfield – Herring Cove, Timberlea – Prospect
- David Finlayson, District 7: Rockingham – Wentworth, Bedford, Hammonds Plains – St. Margarets
- Donna Hubbard, District 8: Lower Sackville, Waverley – Fall River – Beaver Bank, Middle and Upper Sackville – Lucasville.
Schools
High Schools
Junior High/Middle Schools
See also
References
- ^ "About us". Halifax Regional School Board. http://www.hrsb.ns.ca/content/id/217.html. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- ^ "Squabbling costs school board members their jobs" (in English). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. December 19, 2006. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2006/12/19/hrsb-casey.html. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- ^ "Fired school board members ponder lawsuit" (in English). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. December 21, 2006. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2006/12/21/hrsb-reax.html. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- ^ "Stipends Discontinued for Former HRSB Members" (Press release). Halifax Regional School Board. January 29, 2007. http://www.hrsb.ns.ca/files/Downloads/pdf/news/2006-2007/stipends.pdf. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- ^ "New Board sworn in; Irvine Carvery elected Chair" (Press release). Halifax Regional School Board. November 5, 2008. http://www.hrsb.ns.ca/files/Downloads/pdf/news/2008-2009/board-sworn-in.pdf. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- ^ "Carvery, Yee elected Chair and Vice-Chair respectively" (Press release). Halifax Regional School Board. November 24, 2010. http://www.hrsb.ns.ca/files/Downloads/pdf/news/2010-2011/chair-vice-chair-elected.pdf. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
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